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Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

Male 1328 - 1359  (30 years)

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  • Name Roger Mortimer 
    Suffix 2nd Earl of March 
    Born 11 Nov 1328  Ludlow Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    History 7th Kinght of the Garter 
    History Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 – 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years\' War.

    He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
    The Mortimer family lands and titles were lost after the first Earl of March\'s revolt and death by hanging in 1330, which was followed the next year by the death of Roger\'s father. Roger thus grew up with uncertain prospects, and re-acquired the family honours only gradually.

    Around 1342, he received back Radnor, and the next year the old family baronial seat at Wigmore, Herefordshire.

    Military career[edit]
    As a young man he distinguished himself in the wars in France, fighting at Crécy and elsewhere in the campaign of 1347. Afterwards he was given livery of the rest of his lands, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter,[1] and was summoned to parliament as a baron both in 1348.

    Earldom[edit]
    In 1354, the sentence passed against Mortimer\'s treacherous grandfather, the first earl, was reversed, and the next year he was summoned to parliament as Earl of March. Also in 1355, he received a number of important appointments, including Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and he accompanied an expedition of Edward III to France.

    Other honours[edit]
    On 19 October 1356, his grandmother Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base.

    In the following years, he became a member of the Royal Council and was appointed Constable at the castles of Montgomery, Bridgnorth in Shropshire, and Corfe in Dorset.

    In 1359, and continuing into 1360, he was Constable of Edward III\'s invasion of France. He fought in the failed siege of Reims and captured Auxerre. The English forces then moved into Burgundy, where Roger died suddenly at Rouvray, near Avallon.

    Marriage and children[edit]
    Roger married Philippa de Montagu (1332–1381), daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and Catherine Grandison and had by her at least four children:

    Roger Mortimer, who died young;
    Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March;
    Margery Mortimer.[2]
    Janet Mortimer, who married Andrew Gray, father of Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray.
    Mortimer also had at least one illegitimate child:[3]

    Sir Thomas Mortimer, who acted as deputy for his nephew Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, in Ireland (1382–1383) and stood trial for the slaying of Richard II\'s commander, Sir Thomas Molineux after the Battle of Radcot Bridge (1387).  [1
    Died 26 Feb 1359  Romera, Burgundy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2929  Ellie Wood Keith
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2018 

    Father Sir Edmund Mortimer,   b. Abt 1306, Wigmore, Herefordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1331, Stanton, Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth De Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton,   b. 1313, Badlesmere, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1356, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1316 
    Family ID F271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phillippa de Montagu (Montacute),   b. Abt 1332, Salisbury Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 5 Jan 1381  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Lady Margaret Mortimer,   b. Abt 1353,   d. Bef 31 Aug 1405  (Age ~ 52 years)
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Roger Mortimer arms
    Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March
    Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March


  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer,_2nd_Earl_of_March.